19820402007769A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Delray Beach, FL · April 2, 1982

Date
April 2, 1982 · 16:20 local
Place
Delray Beach, FL
Airport
Basso
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57750
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA82FKT09
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720A1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,768 total2,000 in this make and model215 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine lost power, caught fire. Ditched in a canal. Engine intake pipe split open. Stretched overheated valves.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER, CAUGHT FIRE. DITCHED IN A CANAL. ENGINE INTAKE PIPE SPLIT OPEN. STRETCHED OVERHEATED VALVES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.